Guyana News

After an eight-hour search, the NYPD has canceled a New York State Amber Alert after police found a mother who snatched her non-custodial baby from Queens General Hospital, Fox News says.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula called on the country’s cricket leadership to step down today, accusing them of “cover-ups.”

(Barbados Nation) How the CLICO issue will impact on Barbados’ treasury has Standard & Poor’s (S&P) worried.

(Barbados Nation) An attempt by a local gun dealer to import ten sniper rifles into Barbados has prompted a stern response from Commissioner of Police (COP) Darwin Dottin while the United States State Department has raised the red flag.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – India’s Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to score 100 international centuries during an Asia Cup one-day match against Bangladesh today.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman yesterday ruled that a move by the opposition for the withdrawal of a financial paper was out of order, clearing the way for the eventual approval of government’s supplementary budget spending from last year.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday said there is no need for an audit of $90M allocated to the Guyana Police Force during last year’s elections, as the ministry released spending details and sought to discredit a claim by a divisional commander that he did not receive any funds.

Design and engineering problems delayed the construction of the National Aquatic Centre, which houses Guyana’s Olympic-size swimming pool, and drove the total cost up to $581M, the Ministry of Sport disclosed yesterday.

Despite over $1 million in cash and items being carted off right in front of their eyes by three men armed with knives, elderly watchmen performing security duties at the Mon Repos Market looked on helplessly.

Police say they are investigating the murder of Jose Ramon Valenzuela, a Venezuelan national who was found dead at a sports ground in Mabaruma, North West District on Sunday.

Government yesterday deferred a Motion on the composition of the Committee of Selection in Parliament until the outcome of a related Constitutional Motion filed in the High Court.

The Food and Drug Department says that some skin lightening creams and beauty or antiseptic soaps and lotions on the local market were found to contain mercury that exceeded appropriate levels and it advises the public to stop using them immediately.

Despite having a mechanical problem which was not fully remedied, North West ferry MV Kimbia departed Georgetown for the hinterland yesterday morning, even as many passengers expressed concern over the state of the vessel.

Government approved radio licences for 11 entities last year, including Television Guyana (TVG) Channel 28, Hits and Jams Entertainment and the National Television Network (NTN), according to Prime Minister Samuel Hinds.

A Lusignan, East Coast Demerara woman died of injuries she suffered after being involved in an accident along the East Bank of Demerara on Wednesday evening.

Members of Red Thread and supporters including domestic violence victims and single parents yesterday issued loud calls to women Parliamentarians to be accountable to grassroots women by using the National Assembly as a forum to demand a livable income and raise other important issues.

Police Commissioner Leroy Brummell has ordered an investigation into allegations by a teenage girl who has fingered police in aiding her recent abduction.

A man was on Wednesday sentenced to death for the 2006 murder of a taxi driver, while his co-accused is currently completing a seven-year sentence after turning state’s evidence.

Justice Diana Insanally earlier this week granted an interim injunction preventing the members of The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) from excluding Wonderlands Tours from its membership.

The Guyana Government yesterday said that an objection by Venezuela to Georgetown’s application for an extension of its continental shelf is “deeply regrettable”.